Re: Whole house generators (slightly OT)

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Steve" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>
> > "BruceR" <razrbruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote

> > <stuff snipped>
> > Has the real estate downturn that's plaguing CA
> > had any effect on HI?  I had some friends who were spec'ing houses
during
> > the *last* downturn and it wasn't a pretty sight.
>
> Hawaii prices took a huge hit in 9/11 but by and large have recovered.
> Prices had stagnated recently.  We sold out there about 3 months ago and
got
> a very scary amount of money.  We did the tax free exchange thing, and
move
> the money to the mainland where returns are better and prices more stable.

I didn't realize the hit the airlines took extended to HI real estate prices
but it makes sense.   I've not heard of tax free real-estate exchanges.  Is
this something the IRS smiles on or is it something they just haven't gotten
around to stomping on?  ;-)

Just saw a program that talked about non-native invasive species in Hawaii,
namely the Coqui frog.

http://www.hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii/species/frogs/index.html

Jeez.  I hope it doesn't get to be as bad as the cane toads in Oz.  There
are places where you can't drive anywhere without hearing the digusting thud
of exploding toads.  Crikey!

--
Bobby G.